Kee Bird

Ken · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:20 am

mustangdriver wrote:

Tallichet with out a doubt has his hands in on Doc somewhere. When I worked at Air Heritage, we restored a B-25D/PBJ for the Naval Aviation museum. That restored PBJ went to them so that Tallichet could get Doc. Tony was his partner on the deal.

From the aerovintage B-25 pages: "And then there is TB-25J 44-29035 on display as a PB-1J at the U.S. Naval Aviation Museum at Pensecola, Florida. This airplane came to the Navy in the early 1990s as a sideways Tallichet trade, last carrying the civil registration of N61821. It was slightly damage last year by a hurricane. Ron notes it is not parked in the display area at this time."

One could surmise this may the Mitchell in question. Easy, Gary!

TAdan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:16 am

Glad to see the story will be airing again but I do not think I have the heart to watch it.

I remember watching it when it first aired and I'm still sad about the ending.

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

truly a sad story..,

as my father always said: "accidents are made to happen".

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:05 am

The CAF has the only true PBJ. The one worked on for the NMNA was a basket case. It was mainly a B-25J with alot of parts to a PBJ, and B-25D. Air heritage restored to static then shipped it to Pensacola. She's due to come in with the new building. I actually towed the cockpit and nose from Cleveland to Pittsburgh when we got it in for restoration.

Django · **Posted:** Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:56 am

TAdan wrote:

Glad to see the story will be airing again but I do not think I have the heart to watch it.

I remember watching it when it first aired and I'm still sad about the ending.

I was thinking the same thing.

p51 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:01 pm

TAdan wrote:

Glad to see the story will be airing again but I do not think I have the heart to watch it.
I remember watching it when it first aired and I'm still sad about the ending.

It was on PBS last night. I wasn’t going to watch it but did. I got all sick to my stomach and seething all over again. I remember when it first aired, many of my friends were VERY ticked at me the next day because I didn’t warn them of how it was going to turn out.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:32 pm

Age old demon 'gethomeitis' strikes yet again.

67N20 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:37 pm

Ken wrote:

mustangdriver wrote:

Tallichet with out a doubt has his hands in on Doc somewhere. When I worked at Air Heritage, we restored a B-25D/PBJ for the Naval Aviation museum. That restored PBJ went to them so that Tallichet could get Doc. Tony was his partner on the deal.

From the aerovintage B-25 pages: "And then there is TB-25J 44-29035 on display as a PB-1J at the U.S. Naval Aviation Museum at Pensecola, Florida. This airplane came to the Navy in the early 1990s as a sideways Tallichet trade, last carrying the civil registration of N61821. It was slightly damage last year by a hurricane. Ron notes it is not parked in the display area at this time."

One could surmise this may the Mitchell in question. Easy, Gary!

Might this be the B25 - PBJ in question? Took this in March during our visit there. Placard reads: PJB Mitchell 1943

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

I've always wondered when someone would return to the site and retrieve whatever is still available.

Tigercat · **Joined:** Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:54 am **Posts:** 288

I still find it hard to watch the PBS film on Kee Bird......even after all these years!

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